Harry Meade
Harry Meade is a British event rider who has been placed in the top 10 at Badminton Horse Trials and Burghley Horse Trials many times and is the youngest rider to have been awarded the Armada Dish, for completing Badminton five times. His best known horses include Wild Lone, Midnight Dazzler and Away Cruising.
Harry made an incredible comeback at Badminton in 2014 after shattering both his elbows in a fall in 2013. He finished third on Wild Lone and the pair were called up from the reserve bench to make their senior squad debut at the World Equestrian Games in Caen, France. After a clear jumping round across country as the anchor horse for the team, Wild Lone collapsed and died at the finish. The British went on to take the team silver medal.
In 2020, Harry had another serious accident when his foot caught in the stirrup when he fell across country while riding at Thoresby in October. He broke his right arm and suffered a head injury. Once again he made a brilliant comeback, finishing fifth at Kentucky Three-Day Event in April 2021 with Superstition, the horse he took over the ride on from Lucy Jackson at the end of 2019.
Harry has been a Horse & Hound columnist since 2015.
Harry Meade is the son of the late Richard Meade, who was the individual Olympic eventing champion at the 1972 Munich Games on Lauriston. He also won team gold that year and at the 1968 Mexico Games on Cornishman V. Richard died in January 2015.
Harry is married to Rosie (née Bradford) and the pair have two children, Lily and Charlie. He is based in Gloucestershire, very close to Badminton Horse Trials.
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Flying hats, uniforms and tartan: 14 of our favourite outfits from the Badminton trot-up
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William Fox-Pitt, Piggy French and Pippa Funnell — 18 Badminton entrants enjoying a spin round Belton
A number of the world’s best event horses and riders were out in force, using the event as an essential prep-run before Badminton in less than a month’s time. Here we take a look at some of those contenders...
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9 brilliant reasons to make a beeline for Barbury this weekend
Top riders including Gemma Tattersall, Oliver Townend to Andrew Nicholson, a mini-zoo with meerkats and the Shetland Pony Grand National are among the reasons to head to Wiltshire this weekend
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The British WEG eventing long-list: who’s sitting pretty and who needs to impress
The British eventing selectors have announced a long-list for WEG — but not everyone is equal on a long-list, says H&H’s eventing editor
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Long-list for British eventing team for World Equestrian Games released
The senior selectors have given the first indication of who might make the British eventing team for WEG in Tryon, USA, later this year
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Badminton fashion: tassels, military style and lime green trousers at the trot-up
Check out what William Fox-Pitt, Gemma Tattersall, Pippa Funnell and Ben Hobday wore at the first trot-up at Badminton
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Harry Meade: 'Mike Tucker gave back so much' *H&H VIP*
Harry Meade on Burnham Market’s course and remembering Mike Tucker
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10 ways to improve your cross-country timing this season
Even at BE100 getting your timing wrong can scupper your hopes of success. We asked the experts for their tips on achieving the optimum time going cross-country
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‘Every Horse Remembered’: Harry Meade and Laura Renwick back war horse initiative
Dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer are supporting the cause
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Eventer Harry Meade swaps saddles to try his hand at racing
The top rider will join former England footballer Michael Owen at Ascot next week
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Harry Meade: worrying about the transparency of online results can be debilitating *H&H VIP*
Harry Meade wonders if course advisers will get to the crux of an issue
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'It's effort after effort': top riders share their thoughts on the 2017 Burghley cross-country course
Find out what some of the world's top event riders, such as Tina Cook, Andrew Nicholson and Harry Meade make of this year's Burghley cross-country course
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What do Zara Tindall, Mark Todd and Harry Meade make of the 2017 Burghley course?
Ahead of Saturday's cross-country phase (2 September 2017) at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Land Rover ambassadors Zara Tindall, Mark Todd and Harry Meade head out on the track to take a look at some of the more challenging fences
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Harry Meade: ‘Let’s not lose the three-day event’ *H&H VIP*
Phasing out lower-level CCIs makes no sense, says Harry Meade
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William Fox-Pitt, Laura Tomlinson and Harry Meade: riders' tiny tots in the saddle
Having a parent who has ridden around Badminton or trained a Cheltenham Festival winner is always going to give you a head start when it comes to your prowess in the saddle. But these top riders are leaving nothing to chance with their children...
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Harry Meade: safety is the rider's responsibility *H&H VIP*
Harry Meade hopes we can save a four-star World Championships
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'Thrilling': take a virtual ride around the British Open with Harry Meade
The unique footage was recorded by Harry Meade and provides a 360-degree view
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Harry Meade: The cross-country fences that are gimmicky and have no place in our sport *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's eventing columnist discusses safety, both with regards to cross-country fences and top hats
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Harry Meade: 'The best cross-country horses in the world are no longer the best event horses in the world' *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's eventing columnist links safety to the type of event horse used in the modern day sport and why he believes abolishing one rule should improve safety standards
